CHANDIGARH:  Housing Units for Urban poor in all state should be completed in all respects, which includes all basic facilities like Water Supply, Sanitation, Drainage, Roads, Street Lighting, Solid Waste Management etc. So that Urban Poor could live comfortably in these Units.

Expressing these views in a high level  meeting to review the progress on implementation of Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for the States of Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and J & K. Dr. H.S.Anand, Secretary, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation  (HUPA) Government of India,  said that bring any project with realistic cost and fulfilling  required conditions would be cleared without any delay.

Issuing guidelines to concerned Secretaries of all the States Anand stressed upon quality control. He said that until the third party clears the quality of the constructed building, only then the next installment would be cleared.

He said that identify some additional peace of land near the site make mols to generate extra fund. The state have to provide services in transparent manner as these scheme were on no profit no loss.   He also reviewed the progress of on going works of all the States.

 D.S. Bains, Principal Secretary Local Government Punjab while giving presentation said that the State of Punjab had made tremendous achievements under the BSUP & IHSDP scheme. The Detailed Project Report amounting to Rs.114.83 crore of construction of flats for slum dwellers in Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana has already been approved and 1st installment of Rs.22.00 crore has been released by Government of India under these schemes.

Prominent amongst others who were present in the meeting included

Samir Kumar Director Local Government Punjab, Ms. Naseema Lankar, Secretary, J & K, Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Manjit Singh, Secretary, Government of Rajasthan, Local Self Government, Sh. S.K.Sharma, Secretary Government of Himachal Pradesh and Sh. Mohanjit Singh, Chairman, Chandigarh Housing Board alongwith Commissioners and other officers from the above State would also participate in the review meeting.